Chapter 836: Alone

The Monster Beasts around gradually dispersed.

"When will we return to Demon God Island?" Jin Dalì asked Qiong Qi and the others.

When Lei Ming heard they were leaving, he immediately clutched Ye Liuyun tightly, his head wedged in his bosom and wouldn't budge.

Qiong Qi glanced over, helplessly smiled at Jin Dalì.

Jin Dalì and Lan Wangxin both saw it: this Lei Long Beast was the hardest to handle. And Ye Liuyun was clearly especially doting on her.

"How about we find a restaurant and get something to eat? Don't just stand here! It'll also give you some farewell time," Lan Wangxin suggested.

Ordinary Monster Beasts, once food is mentioned, immediately forget everything else for a while.

"Fine then!" Ye Liuyun, having no choice with Lei Ming, patted her shoulder and led her toward the restaurant.

During the meal, Jin Dalì and Lan Wangxin introduced Lei Ming and the others to many delicious and fun spots on Demon God Island.

Lei Ming was indeed somewhat attracted, so he loosened his grip on Ye Liuyun a little.

They ordered plenty of tasty dishes for Lei Ming; after a hearty meal, Lei Ming finally was willing to leave Ye Liuyun.

But in the end, she was pulled away by Long Nv!

With each step she turned back, tears kept falling, making Ye Liuyun feel deeply distressed.

Ye Liuyun sent them off on the Flying Boat, watched them depart, then returned to his dwelling in a despondent mood.

On the road, several fire‑scaled lizards surrounded Ye Liuyun.

"Hmph, don't think your pet caused trouble and you get off scot‑free! If you don't make restitution today, don't even think of leaving alive!" a fire‑scaled lizard threatened.

They only dared to bully Ye Liuyun after the strong ones beside him had left.

In a bad mood and too lazy to deal with them, Ye Liuyun released a ghost butterfly, uttered a single word, "Kill!", and kept marching forward heedlessly.

Since the ghost butterfly reached the Supreme Stage, it finally got a chance to fight and wanted to test its strength, immediately launching a Spiritual Soul Attack.

Those fire‑scaled lizards couldn't survive more than two breaths under its assault, all turning into corpses.

Their Souls were absorbed by the ghost butterfly, strengthening it.

Ye Liuyun was too lazy to claim their Physical Bodies, took the ghost butterfly and left, letting passersby loot the fire‑scaled lizard corpses.

After returning home, he released the Skeleton Puppet to guard the Guardian Formation, while he himself returned into Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

The interior of Xuan Kong Shi was completely empty, with only him alone.

After so long, it was his first time having no one to talk to nearby, and he truly felt a bit lost.

But soon, he began cultivating again.

"Get stronger, become even stronger!" This belief now is the sole drive that sustains his cultivation.

"Only by getting stronger can one avoid being separated from those around you."

Now he not only misses Liang Xue, but also thinks of Wu Qingcheng, Lei Ming and the others; that feeling is truly unpleasant.

"I wonder if Xue'er has rushed over yet!" Ye Liuyun let out a long sigh, forcing himself to concentrate on cultivation.

During the nearly hundred days previously inside Xuan Kong Shi, Ye Liuyun spent considerable time improving his cultivation, raising his realm to the Yin Yang Liu Chong Late Stage.

Now he took out a Foreign Tribe Yuan Dan and Magic Crystal, began absorbing them, focusing on surging toward the Yin Yang Liu Chong Peak.

Within the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, seven Foreign Tribe Supreme Stage Souls had fully recovered, ready for battle at any moment.

Even now, Ye Liuyun is not at all worried when facing Zao Hua Realm strongmen. With the ghost butterfly and those seven Foreign Tribe Supreme Stage Souls, he is virtually invincible in the Zao Hua Realm.

"It's just the Physical Body attacks that are still lacking!"

Ye Liuyun's own strength lies in Souls, as do the strengths of his treasures and pets.

As for Physical Body attacks, he truly has no effective means to wound a Zao Hua Realm Martial Cultivator.

He now needs to tally all his power so that, when confronting foes, he has sufficient countermeasures.

His Hunting Demon Armor and Hunting Demon Bow can certainly harm Zao Hua Realm Martial Cultivators, but they were prepared as a surprise for the Underworld God and cannot be used lightly.

The Sealing Demon Tablet can also be used, but its spirit is fickle, depending on its mood.

The Mourning Bell can work too, but only if the opponent collides with it or it is rung.

The Demon Slaying Sword and that legendary long sword could, given a chance, barely kill an early‑stage Zao Hua Realm Martial Cultivator, but they are too high for him to wield.

Besides, he still has a Supreme Stage Magic Net and the Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron, yet against Zao Hua Realm strongmen they cannot exert much power, and many Martial Cultivators already possess Supreme Stage treasures, giving him little advantage.

After pondering, Ye Liuyun suddenly thought of a Magic Vine seed.

He hadn't used this thing for a long time. If employed in battle, it should provide some assistance.

So he went to his Space World, planted the Magic Vine seed underground, and used the corpses of Chang Family Martial Cultivators he had collected recently as fertilizer, tossing them for the Magic Vine to absorb.

Ye Liuyun could not discern the Magic Vine's realm, only knowing it accepts any incoming energy and can absorb a fair amount.

Watching, the Magic Vine quickly drained the corpses, clearly still not full.

"Seems we still need to find Chang Family members to supply the Magic Vine, and meanwhile test whether it can handle Zao Hua Realm strongmen."

With that in mind, Ye Liuyun packed away the Magic Vine seed, used a Teleportation Array, and arrived at the stronghold.

Inside the stronghold, the corpses of Tianhuang and others, which Qiong Qi had long tossed into the courtyard, were also given to the Magic Vine after Ye Liuyun arrived.

Then he took the Magic Vine and rushed toward the Chang Family.

The Chang Family is no longer the Chang Family of old.

Besides a faction that stayed behind, many have been seized by outsiders, all preparing to divide the Chang Family's resources.

After infiltrating, Ye Liuyun immediately released the Magic Vine.

"Do not exceed the Chang Family's bounds; within here you may absorb freely!"

Ye Liuyun set a limit for the Magic Vine to prevent others from discovering it, then hid in the shadows to observe its strength.

The Magic Vine is actually stronger than he imagined; once rooted in the soil, its extending vines make its core impossible to locate.

The protruding vines continuously grow. Upon touching ground, they sprout several new vines. A single vine can coil around a Yin-Yang Realm Martial Cultivator and drain them. Two vines working together act even faster.

These vines have no Soul, no sense of pain, only the instinct to absorb energy.

Even a Venerable Rank weapon needs several cuts to be severed. Burning it with fire, it is not particularly sensitive. Trying to burn through an arm-thick vine is not easy.

Some Martial Cultivators release fire, but often before they can burn through the vines, they get entangled by them, and their entire qi and blood and True Essence are sucked dry, causing death.